Godman warned against misleading affidavits

Justice R Mahadevan made the observation while hearing a plea moved by M Jagathalapradhapan of Madurai, after noticing that Nithyananda had failed to rectify the misleading statements in his affidavits despite repeated warnings. 

“He is not above all and law. Only law prevails over anything in this court. Get the warrant from the court registry and arrest him,” the judge said. However, after the case was posted for further hearing on Wednesday, Nithyananda’s counsel persisted with his plea to spare the godman’s arrest for a day and assured to rectify the affidavit by Wednesday. 

Acceding to the request, Justice Mahadevan adjourned the matter without passing any directions for arrest. While the plea sought for a direction to the government to act against Nithyananda for proclaiming himself to be the head of the Saivite Mutt in Madurai, and to prevent him from interfering in its affairs, the court had passed interim orders in December restraining the godman and his disciples from entering the Mutt till further orders.